If you like cozy
mysteries in the manner of Miss Marple and Herqule Poirot then you would enjoy
this series written by Alan Bradley.
Flavia de Luce
is an eleven-year-old brilliant and adorable savant, obsessed with the chemistry
and poisons. She lives with her father and two sisters in
a run-down mansion in rural England.
As an eleven-year-old
child Flavia can meld into the background of a ghastly murder scene, committed in an English
village, and her quick mind can often make connections before the local
authorities.
Death,
corpses, mayhem – nothing disturbs this inquisitive young sleuth, who is as comfortable
inspecting a dead body as a woman is selecting undergarments at a department
store.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the
Pie is the first
book of the series, and the tenth book,
The Golden Tresses of the Dead has just been released.
As a rule, I
do not like books and movies about children’s adventures; but Flavia de Luce is
my exception.
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